Having said that, I think that anyone who sits down as a blank slate, assessing the 6 movies, as movies, would have to conclude that Star Wars, in its original form, rates an unqualified A+, while ESB ranks about a B (already by ESB things were starting to get a little contrived). Then it drops off fast, with ROTJ about a C and the prequels all garnering F-minuses. That's not to say they aren't all fun - even the prequels are great eye candy. But as classic movies, let's be honest here... as utterly brilliant as "Star Wars" was (and it is my favorite movie of all time), the whole "saga" is a laughable catastrophe which started out "iffy" with ESB and has only gotten worse and worse with each additional episode. The walkers were cool, though
